Improvement in non-heating handles for sad-irons



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anni da- WILLIAM H. TOWERS. oF BOSTON, MASSAcnusnrrs.A

LettersPatent No. 112,5"14, dated March 7, 1871. A

IMPROVENEN-T IN NON-HEATING HANDLES FOR SAD-IRONS, &c.

Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpaxt of the same.

l To `all whom 'it may concern:

` Be itknown that I, WiLLIAM H. TOWERS, of Bos? coin-in `the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have made a new andv useful Improvement in p Sad-I1onsivhe1eby excessive heating of the handle is prevented@l and I hereby declare th'e following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification.

This inventionconsists in making the handle of the sad-iron hollowand filling `the hollow with` noncon ducting material.

It also consists in fixing the handle in the body of the iron by means of a setting of non-,conducting material,lso that the metal of the handle` does not come` p in contact `with `the metal of the body of the iron, but y is always separated by 'a llayer of" non-conductingma,

l The following description will enableothers to make.

and use my invention. l

"In the drawing-.- A represents the bodv of theat-iron;

l l B, the handle; andA G, the non-condncting filling. Thebody A has, at E andE, two pyramdal or conical sockets, `and the ends of the handleare spread ol'ltto correspondwith the shape of-the sockets-fand i so thatwhen the'socketsi are filled, a perfectly-tight 1 fitting will be formed between the body and the handle. The material of the iillingmay be plaster of Paris,

asbcstos, paper-pulp, 'vegetable fiber mixed with lime,

plaster cement, wood, charcoal, or any equivalent non- `the strength of the handle. may be made of anysuitable material, commonly iron,

conducting material Awhich the requisite heat of the iron will not destroy or injure.

-Thehandle may be made as thin as is requisite to Both body and handle and had better be coated with zinc, nickel, or metal giving a smooth face, so as to destroy as much. as possible the heating of the handle, by radiation. This may be done as described in my patent of Janary ,My invention is applicable to any kind of sad-iron or tailos goose; but I prefer the bright-coated iron, as described above.

My invention is one of' considerable importancein a sanitary point of View. 'It is well known to vmdical men thatserious injury results to persons holding in theirhands for a long time a hot sad-iron handle.

Having thus described my invention,

VVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 

